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A review by nienora
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
It had smut (definitely quantity over quality, but some where good), it had cute, bonding moments and angst, banter. It's more character driven, which I liked. I had a lot of fun. Realistically it's more on the lower end of four stars. But I didn't read this and expected quality. And if I can give ACOMAF five stars, I can certainly do it again for characters I actually like.
For a book that's not about Feyre and Rhys they sure get mentioned a lot. They decided what's best for Nesta, how she'll get better. Hmm that really reminds me of a certain someone who we despised for exactly the same reason. Someone who locked Feyre in the house where she can't escape, like how they put Nesta in House of Wind where her only way out is down thousands and thousands of steps.
Pacing is horrible. It explains everything in excruciating detail for two weeks and then bam - time jump 4 months followed by short recap what they did in those 4 months. How they trained, where and how many times they've fucked. If I don't get description of that scene, I don't care that it happened.
Whole fourth part could be a book on its own. This way it felt rushed. If someone stopped and looked around first, they would get in so much less trouble. And I fully expected a magical rabbit with wings to fly down and rescue them at some point. If everyone and everything else can save them already, why not that?
They sat on a tree, for three hours and shared their deepest darkest trauma... And it just felt like a long recap of everything we knew already.
I'm glad that Nesta needed some time to get over her trauma and wasn't just magically healed by having sex with Cassian. There was a bit of that too, but they also had bonding moments and she worked through some stuff so I'll let it slide.
First of all, if Cassian could keep his mouth shut, I'd be grateful. There's no reason for him to talk during sex scene, especially to say the lines he did.
Also they fucked right after Nesta got assaulted by a kelpie. And it was just brushed off like nothing happened... But that almost rape scene did blend with everything else that happened during that time.
SPOILER
Rhysand–IT'S YOUR CHOICE–Rhysand decided not to tell Feyre she'll die at childbirth. But told everyone else. And when Nesta told Feyre, she's made the villain. At least Rhys knows he's controlling bastard and told Cassian to take Nesta away. The way she told Feyre is wrong, and at that moment it's done for the wrong reason but she still deserved to know from the beginning. And make her own decision about it. At least Nesta showed regret over how she'd done it.
So Feyre got pregnant while she was in "Illyrian form" and that's why baby has wings and can't pass through her birth canal.. I guess abortion wasn't option. Because it's your choice doesn't apply to your body.
I almost forgot that Rhys used forced shields around Feyre so that no can even touch her or smell that she's pregnant. And that's okay, he's just overprotective hihi. But when Tamlin does it, it's not okay.
I hate that Nesta gave her powers away so she could bring back Feyre, Rhys and the baby. They were dumb enough to make a bargain to die at the same time, they should deal with consequences. But at least she changed all their anatomy so we won't have this stupid drama again.
For a book that's not about Feyre and Rhys they sure get mentioned a lot. They decided what's best for Nesta, how she'll get better. Hmm that really reminds me of a certain someone who we despised for exactly the same reason. Someone who locked Feyre in the house where she can't escape, like how they put Nesta in House of Wind where her only way out is down thousands and thousands of steps.
Pacing is horrible. It explains everything in excruciating detail for two weeks and then bam - time jump 4 months followed by short recap what they did in those 4 months. How they trained, where and how many times they've fucked. If I don't get description of that scene, I don't care that it happened.
Whole fourth part could be a book on its own. This way it felt rushed. If someone stopped and looked around first, they would get in so much less trouble. And I fully expected a magical rabbit with wings to fly down and rescue them at some point. If everyone and everything else can save them already, why not that?
They sat on a tree, for three hours and shared their deepest darkest trauma... And it just felt like a long recap of everything we knew already.
I'm glad that Nesta needed some time to get over her trauma and wasn't just magically healed by having sex with Cassian. There was a bit of that too, but they also had bonding moments and she worked through some stuff so I'll let it slide.
First of all, if Cassian could keep his mouth shut, I'd be grateful. There's no reason for him to talk during sex scene, especially to say the lines he did.
Also they fucked right after Nesta got assaulted by a kelpie. And it was just brushed off like nothing happened... But that almost rape scene did blend with everything else that happened during that time.
Rhysand–IT'S YOUR CHOICE–Rhysand decided not to tell Feyre she'll die at childbirth. But told everyone else. And when Nesta told Feyre, she's made the villain. At least Rhys knows he's controlling bastard and told Cassian to take Nesta away. The way she told Feyre is wrong, and at that moment it's done for the wrong reason but she still deserved to know from the beginning. And make her own decision about it. At least Nesta showed regret over how she'd done it.
So Feyre got pregnant while she was in "Illyrian form" and that's why baby has wings and can't pass through her birth canal.. I guess abortion wasn't option. Because it's your choice doesn't apply to your body.
I almost forgot that Rhys used forced shields around Feyre so that no can even touch her or smell that she's pregnant. And that's okay, he's just overprotective hihi. But when Tamlin does it, it's not okay.
I hate that Nesta gave her powers away so she could bring back Feyre, Rhys and the baby. They were dumb enough to make a bargain to die at the same time, they should deal with consequences. But at least she changed all their anatomy so we won't have this stupid drama again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy
Minor: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault